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77th West Virginia Senate

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Composition

2005-2007:

Contents

2007-2009:

Floor Leadership

  • Majority Leader: H. Truman Chafin
  • Majority Whip: Billy Wayne Bailey
  • Minority Leader: Vic Sprouse
  • Minority Whip: Andy McKenzie

    • Committees

    At the start each new Legislature, standing committees are appointed. The Senate President selects the chairpersons. The Rules of the Senate call for the following committees to be formed:

  • Agriculture (11 members) - Larry J. Edgell, Chairman
  • Banking and Insurance (14 members) - Joseph M. Minard, Chairman
  • Confirmations (9 members) - Shirley Love, Chairman
  • Economic Development (14 members) - Brooks McCabe, Chairman
  • Education (14 members) - Robert H. Plymale, Chairman
  • Energy, Industry and Mining (14 members) - William R. Sharpe, Jr., Chairman
  • Finance (17 members) - Walt Helmick, Chairman
  • Government Organization (14 members) - Edwin Bowman, Chairman
  • Health and Human Resources (14 members) - Roman W. Prezioso, Jr., Chairman
  • Interstate Cooperation (7 members) - Evan H. Jenkins, Chairman; (Senate President is ex officio co-chairperson)
  • Judiciary (17 members) - Jeffrey V. Kessler, Chairman
  • Labor (11 members) - Michael Oliverio II, Chairman
  • Military (9 members) - Jon Blair Hunter, Chairman
  • Natural Resources (14 members) - John Pat Fanning, Chairman
  • Pensions (7 members) - Dan Foster, Chairman
  • Rules (11 members) - Earl Ray Tomblin, Ex officio Chairman as Senate President
  • Transportation and Infrastructure (9 members) - John Unger II, Chairman

    • References

    77th West Virginia Senate Wikipedia
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